Choose Life Choose Leith – Trainspotting on Location
Choose Life Choose Leith – Trainspotting on Location by ScotlandsFest is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church. It has 1 performance listed, running from Thu 27 Aug, 10:30 to Thu 27 Aug, 10:30. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Set firmly in unglamorous 1980s Leith, Trainspotting has burst through stage, film and musical genres, dodging the forces of orthodoxy and censorship. But is it just scurrilous punk, junk, transgressional entertainment that got lucky? Bell reveals how this hard-to-read and on-location book tells truths that need to be told. And how it's everyone's business. Author of 'Choose Life, Choose Leith' and living in Leith since 1980, he brings street-level wisdom, erudite research and a good dash of humour to the Trainspotting phenomenon. 'Great study from a serious Trainspotting scholar' (Irvine Welsh).
Details
- Performer: ScotlandsFest
- Venue: St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church
- Space: Hall
- Genre: SPOKEN_WORD, Talk
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Performances listed: 1, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 27 Aug, 10:30 — Already performed — £10.00